"Living on the edge - the maritime estate"

[wayne@cres20.anu.edu.au (Wayne Slater)]

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SECOND JOINT CONFERENCE
INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHERS
NEW ZEALAND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
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Living on the Edge - the maritime estate
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"Living on the Edge - the maritime estate" will be one of two coastal and 
marine sessions at the Second Joint Conference of the Institute of Australian 
Geographers and the New Zealand Geographical Society to be held at the 
University of Tasmania, January 28-31, 1997.

Conference information
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The general theme of the Conference is "Islands, Culture, Economy and 
Environment". Details, including the range of other sessions, are 
available through the World Wide Web at the URL:  

http://www.geog.utas.edu.au/iag97iag2.htm

Alternatively, please contact the Conference Convenor:
Dr. Les Wood
Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies,
University of Tasmania, 
Box 252C GPO, 
Hobart, Tasmania, 7001

Telephone:(002) 202489;  Fax: (002) 202989
Email: 	L.J.Wood@geog.utas.edu.au

Coastal change session
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Monitoring coastal change is the title of a session convened by Professor 
Roger McLean, ADFA. It will deal with issues such as sequential vertical 
air photo analysis; map and chart interpretation; oblique ground photography; 
archival, interview and questionnaire techniques; and field surveys of 
profiles, intercept positions etc. Further information is available from:

Roger McLean: 	r-mclean@ADFA.OZ.AU
		or Fax (06) 268 8313
 
"Living on the Edge" program
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This session is being convened by Mr. Wayne Slater, ANU. It will have an 
aquatic emphasis but also cover issues in relation to the land-ocean 
interface. 

The session will be opened with a keynote address from Professor Henry Nix, 
Director, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, ANU. The subject of 
Professor Nix's address will be "Measuring, monitoring & managing out maritime 
estate".

Planned presentations include:

Rights and responsibilities in the EEZ.
	Max Herriman, University of Wollongong

Biophysical regionalisation of the Australian Maritime Estate.
	Vincent Lyne, Peter Last, Peter Craig, 
	Keith Sainsbury, et al. CSIRO ML 

Regionalisation of Australia's coastal and marine environments: theory, 
practice and products.
	Bob Burne, ANU

Understanding and managing Australia's marine temperate biodiversity: the
role of ecosystem biogeography.
	Karen Edyvane, SARDI Aquatic Sciences

Scaling Australia's Coastal Marine Ecosystems: An integrative approach.
	Ernesto Ortiz, NSW Fisheries

NSW beach systems: the role of waves, sediments and geology in controlling 
regional beach type.
	Andrew Short, Mengshu Ni
	University of Sydney

Hazards in the tropical coastal zone.
	Andre Zerger, ANU

Coastal and Marine data for Australia: content, standards and access.
	Steve Blake, ERIN
	Ben Searle, AODC

Australian Coastal Zone Management: Political and Ecological Integration
	Lorne Kriwoken and Marcus Haward 
	University of Tasmania 	

Marine protected areas: new concepts in the identification, selection and 
management of a national representative system.
	Richard Thackway, ANCA

Future options for Australia's coasts.
	Neil Hamilton, CSIRO W&E

Further information
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To obtain further information about "Living on the Edge - the maritime 
estate", please contact:

Wayne Slater
Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies
Hancock Building
Australian National University
CANBERRA ACT 0200		

Email:	wayne@cres.anu.edu.au
	or Fax (06) 249 0757
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